'At home' mode?

[Michael_K]

Yes, I'd really like my car cam to know that it's at my house (and totally shut off, or perhaps I could configure which mode it would go into). This is actually a selling-point for me.
So, how do you shut off a car cam? If it has a parking mode, you have to do something to deactivate it -- correct?
Does any manufacturer make that automatic? E.g. with GPS (set up a geofence, within which it will shut off), or with WIFI (shut off if it sees my LAN).

 

[Michael_K]

Or, if no one has a unit that deactivates parking mode automatically, which units at least make it easy? Such as 1 button (as opposed to using the menu).

 

[jokiin]

Or, if no one has a unit that deactivates parking mode automatically, which units at least make it easy? Such as 1 button (as opposed to using the menu).

any model with a power button I would think

 

[Michael_K]

any model with a power button I would think

Ok. I'm going by what I read in a bunch of reviews: "If it's powered, it's recording."
I guess that I was taking that too literally, and assuming that there wouldn't be a power button.

I'd still like it to be automatic (I'm sure that I'll forget to turn it off).

 

[kamkar]

You cant have automatic, other than the cameras inherent will to automatic record when the car is on, or change to parking mode when parked ( if that is turned on )
But as i understand it the cameras that do have parking mode you can cansle parking mode by pressing the power button once it have changed to parking mode.
Me when i get to try that i will just use a 30 minute timer, as that will cover all my shopping, and outside of that it is rare i park for longer out on the town, in which case i would just select a longer timer before i leave the car.
But in general 30 minutes, and i don't even mind it do that at home though i have CCTV on my car where it is parked, at least the back yard now have a good LED light on a PIR sensor so the dashcam might actually capture something.

What you are looking for are sort of a reverse geofence mode, normally geofence work by starting something when a car or something leave a certain position, but i guess it could be reversed.
would be kinda nice for us with CCTV at home, so you select a non parking mode coordinate in the menus, and after that when you arrive to that position parking guard are automatic disabled, and enabled again when you leave that position again.